By bringing together and comparing strategies and experiences from three distinct global regions: North America, Europe and East Asia, this book offers unique insights and new perspectives on how to develop urban sustainability. While questioning what strategies can promote sustainable cities in a global context, the book also illustrates that formulae generated out of American and European experience cannot be universally applied, but that some of the analytical approaches and experience of the other developed countries can offer insights for those working in different contexts.

List of Tables

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List of Figures

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List of Contributors

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Acknowledgements

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PART I: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY QUESTIONS

1 Towards Sustainable Cities

André Sorensen, Peter J. Marcotullio, and Jill Grant

3

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2 Sustainable Urbanism in Historical Perspective

Jill Grant

24

(14)

3 Why the Asian Urbanization Experience Should Make Us Think Differently about Planning Approaches

Peter J. Marcotullio

38

(23)

PART II: PLANNING STRATEGIES FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE CITIES IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

4 An Inquiry into the Promise and Prospects of Smart Growth

Gerrit-Jan Knaap

61

(19)

5 Varieties of U.S. Growth Management: Lessons from New York and San Francisco

Rolf Pendall

80

(15)

6 Cross-Border Impacts of a Growth Management Regime: Portland, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington

Chang-Hee Christine Rae

95

(17)

7 Developing and Employing Sustainability Indicators as a Principal Strategy in Planning: Experiences in the Puget Sound Urban Region of Washington State

Donald Miller

112

(20)

8 Sustainable Portland? A Critique, and the Los Angeles Counterpoint

Harry W. Richardson and Peter Gordon

132

(15)

9 Canada's Experience in Planning for Sustainable Development

Jill Grant

147

(14)

10 Coping with the Growing Complexity of our Physical Environment: The Search for New Planning Tools in the Netherlands

Gert de Roo

161

(15)

11 Central Belgium, a 'Park City'?: A Policy Based on De-concentrated Clustering

Jef Van den Broeck

176

(21)

PART III: PLANNING STRATEGIES FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE CITIES IN JAPAN AND KOREA

12 Major Issues of Land Management for Sustainable Urban Regions in Japan

André Sorensen

197

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13 Empowerment in the Japanese Planning Context

Hideki Koizumi

217

(11)

14 Green Structure Plan for a Sustainable Urban-Rural Relationship in Japan

Mikiko Ishikawa

228

(11)

15 Sustainable Community Improvement in Japan: Infill Redevelopment where Everyone can Continue to Live

Shigeru Satoh

239

(14)

16 Reform of Planning Controls for an Urban-Rural Continuum in Korea

Sang-Chuel Choc

253

(14)

17 Inner-City Growth Management Problem in Seoul: Residential Rebuilding Boom and Planning Response

Kwang-Joong Kim

267

(18)

18 Urban Growth Management and Housing Supply in the Capital Region of South Korea

Sang-Dae Lee

285

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PART IV: CONCLUSIONS

19 Towards Land Management Policies for More Sustainable Cities

Jill Grant, Peter J. Marcotullio, and André Sorensen

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